The MM pup, and all the controls will go back when the install is complete. Electronics setup will go from MM pup with 2 vols, (one for each coil set) and one tone, to MM pup in series to one vol, D/S to the other vol, master tone for both.
The white around the pup is masking tape.

The MM pup, and all the controls will go back when the install is complete. Electronics setup will go from MM pup with 2 vols, (one for each coil set) and one tone, to MM pup in series to one vol, D/S to the other vol, master tone for both.
The white around the pup is masking tape.

OK; I've got the bass in hand.
This particular OLP seems to be a solid decently made piece. The neck is very big and chunky, reminiscent of early P basses, or "fat neck" G&L's (not Jazz like at all) which is great for me.
Rodent here on the boards did the install. Great work, great guy. Thanks mate

I gigged it last night in a band that covers a wide variey to jazz/R&B/ originals, etc. I ran thru a Thunderfunk 420, and a Schroeder 1210. I had the TFB420 set flat, if for no other reason than "it's flat, and that makes the bass the difference." I usually run it flat with electric anyway, tho I dial some mids out for DB...
It's wired vol/vol/tone. The MM pup is series only. The DarkStar and MM pups are very similar volume wise this way. The OLP MM pup is not as "gritty" as a real Stingray, but still decent enough for it's own flavor. The DS is very clean, full and musical. There are several great flavors to be had by biasing the volume knobs a little to one pup or the other as well.
For the $100 I paid for the bass+ $180 for the DS pup, I'm a very happy camper.
I'd post more pics but my usb cable fritzed; I'll do so when I can.

This was a fun project that introduced me to Dark Stars - and what a spectacular introduction it was!

Nothing too difficult on the install. I utilized StewMac's shielding paint for the first time on this bass, and even in the noisiest room in my home this bass was dead quiet! I will be using this shielding for most of my future work.

The DS-3 in this bass is really a great p/u. It reacts almost like there's a compressor/limiter built into the bass - the more you dig in, the more you hear all the nuances of digging in tone wise ... but the volume remains fairly consistent. Every recording engineer who visited my shop while this was here wanted to track with it. One guy even went so far as to say that the tone from the DS was "everything he ever hoped to hear from a bass - it's all right there!"

If you do install a DS, be sure that your soldering skills are up to snuff. Per the manufacturer:

A note on soldering: The soldering posts are mounted directly into the polycarbonate bobbin. There is a danger of melt-down if the soldering posts get too hot. Keep your connection wires small. Some vingage Gibsons use these huge ground wires....
Anyway...make sure your iron is hot. Get in quick with a lot of heat and out again before the heat has a chance to build up elsewhere. Too cold of an iron could be disastrous.
Spend no more than 5 seconds per joint.